One of his classic tracks ..
What is Techno music?
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- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
Jeff Mills is techno. They don't call him 'the wizard' for nothing
One of his classic tracks ..
One of his classic tracks ..
... space is the place ...
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- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
DJ Westbam, one of the German techno pioneers:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 96516.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 96516.html
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- KVRAF
- 8646 posts since 2 Oct, 2006 from Leeds, UK
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Latest release and Socials: https://linktr.ee/ph.i.ltr3
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 82 posts since 25 Oct, 2011
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- KVRAF
- 8646 posts since 2 Oct, 2006 from Leeds, UK
I'm surprised noones mentioned Plastikman, also check out stuff on mute, they've been going a long time and do some darker more experimental stuff.
Oops, meant novamute.
Stuff like this:
The 909 and 808 were staples of techno music, and the 303 hence acid techno but it's all about driving rhythms and pulsating basslines and textures, quite stripped down and minimal at it's roots but it's evolved a lot over the years.
Oops, meant novamute.
Stuff like this:
The 909 and 808 were staples of techno music, and the 303 hence acid techno but it's all about driving rhythms and pulsating basslines and textures, quite stripped down and minimal at it's roots but it's evolved a lot over the years.
Latest release and Socials: https://linktr.ee/ph.i.ltr3
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- KVRian
- 784 posts since 3 Apr, 2013 from Belgium
thanks for the examples ! Wasn't able to call it trance or house
In fact I understand that if the melodies are not longer than one bar it can be techno
I was listening to some speedy j while younger and I recall I called it techno (but I recommend to everybody to listen to what Speedy J made after (and before what is he doing now))
In fact I understand that if the melodies are not longer than one bar it can be techno
I was listening to some speedy j while younger and I recall I called it techno (but I recommend to everybody to listen to what Speedy J made after (and before what is he doing now))
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- KVRAF
- 2644 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
What I think of as techno - i.e. what I expect if I go to a "techno party" - is 4 to the floor music that sounds best when reverberating through a massive (possible pretty empty) warehouse/industrial hall. It's generally pretty dull without that reverb.
There's not that much "melody", or else it becomes trance or Eurotrash/Eurorave or just what's now probably meant by the term "EDM". The bass is prominent and is often just one note. The other drum sounds are relatively simple, highly quantized. Sound FX (not audio effects) are optional but common. The whole thing is highly repetitive and variation is often down to "instruments" coming in and out. The whole thing isn't too dense sonically, because then it sounds shit with the obligatory reverb
The above videos are pretty much spot on IMO.
But I'm pretty sure that techno is something that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and not everyone is genre-obsessed and needs to pigeonhole things precisely.
To me at least, things like DnB (breakbeat and often pretty "dubby"), house (modern disco) industrial and tarnce are all quite different and distinct genres. To others, anything "electro-esque" is termed techno.
There's not that much "melody", or else it becomes trance or Eurotrash/Eurorave or just what's now probably meant by the term "EDM". The bass is prominent and is often just one note. The other drum sounds are relatively simple, highly quantized. Sound FX (not audio effects) are optional but common. The whole thing is highly repetitive and variation is often down to "instruments" coming in and out. The whole thing isn't too dense sonically, because then it sounds shit with the obligatory reverb
The above videos are pretty much spot on IMO.
But I'm pretty sure that techno is something that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and not everyone is genre-obsessed and needs to pigeonhole things precisely.
To me at least, things like DnB (breakbeat and often pretty "dubby"), house (modern disco) industrial and tarnce are all quite different and distinct genres. To others, anything "electro-esque" is termed techno.
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/2myYesRBRgQB3LkZzEYdt5 | https://soundcloud.com/steevm/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2myYesRBRgQB3LkZzEYdt5 | https://soundcloud.com/steevm/
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- KVRAF
- 16920 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
I agree. Your description is spot on, but, when you start saying techno is 4/4 then some punter comes along to point out that there are some examples that are not.sjm wrote:What I think of as techno - i.e. what I expect if I go to a "techno party" - is 4 to the floor music that sounds best when reverberating through a massive (possible pretty empty) warehouse/industrial hall. It's generally pretty dull without that reverb.
There's not that much "melody", or else it becomes trance or Eurotrash/Eurorave or just what's now probably meant by the term "EDM". The bass is prominent and is often just one note. The other drum sounds are relatively simple, highly quantized. Sound FX (not audio effects) are optional but common. The whole thing is highly repetitive and variation is often down to "instruments" coming in and out. The whole thing isn't too dense sonically, because then it sounds shit with the obligatory reverb
The above videos are pretty much spot on IMO.
But I'm pretty sure that techno is something that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and not everyone is genre-obsessed and needs to pigeonhole things precisely.
To me at least, things like DnB (breakbeat and often pretty "dubby"), house (modern disco) industrial and tarnce are all quite different and distinct genres. To others, anything "electro-esque" is termed techno.
Techno doesn't "need" to be 4/4, but most is. Techno doesn't need to fit the form that you describe, but most does.
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
codec_spurt wrote:It's like you really care.azoc wrote:Yes, I'm serious!
Really?
Are you really serious?
I think you're taking the piss.
Everyone that responds to a thread called, 'What is Techno music?', needs a whistle and a dog.
But carry on, this will probably be one of the better ones..
Not necessarily. I personally couldn't name a single "techno" group or artist (in the strict sense, whatever that is). I don't now nor have I ever been able to digest the endless subdivisions of electronic music, although I play my own kind of synthesizer based music. So this is educational for me.
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- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
Original, oldschool German techno from 1998:
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
I think it's this:
"You don’t expect much beyond a gaping, misspelled void when you stare into the cold dark place that is Internet comments."
---Salon on internet trolls attacking Cleveland kidnapping victim Amanda Berry
---Salon on internet trolls attacking Cleveland kidnapping victim Amanda Berry
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
Watch the guy on the left in that video. Absolutely slays me. 
"You don’t expect much beyond a gaping, misspelled void when you stare into the cold dark place that is Internet comments."
---Salon on internet trolls attacking Cleveland kidnapping victim Amanda Berry
---Salon on internet trolls attacking Cleveland kidnapping victim Amanda Berry
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- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head